The annual summary of stuff wot I have blogged about…
(see also 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 )
This blog originally included a lot more about what I did or thought, now it is mainly ‘reviews’ of books read and only really so that I can check if I have already read something. Enjoy…
Movies watched at Cinema (well this year was two trips to the little cinema at Crieff Hydro, but every little counts)
- March: Dr Strange
- March: Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Events (anything significant to remember)
- 12 Nov: Alice Cooper SSE Hydro
Cycling
- 2017 totals:
331 rides
169 days active
153 hours
1749 miles
63635 ft gain - 26th March 2017: Wattbike No Excuses Falkirk Sportive
: 45 miles : Moving 3h:58 : Total 5h:26
: Elevation 2416 ft : Av Speed: 11.4 mph : Max Speed: 34.4 mph - 29th April 2017: Tearfund Drumlanrig Challenge
: 57 miles : Moving 4h:42 : Total 5h:21
: Elevation: 3040 ft : Av Speed: 12.2 mph : Max Speed: 30 mph - 10th Sept 2017: Pedal for Scotland
: 45 miles : Moving 3h:34 : Total 4h: 03
: Elevation 2142ft : Av Speed: 12.3mph : Max Speed: 33 mph
BOOKS read this year….
- Jan: Robert Crais “The Sentry”
- Jan: Robert Crais “Taken”
- Feb: Robert Crais “Suspect”
- Feb: Robert Crais “The Promise”
- March: Nelson DeMille “Plumb Island”
- March: Lee Child “Make Me”
- March: David Millar “Racing Through the Dark: The Fall and Rise of David Millar”
- April: Chris Froome “The Climb: The Autobiography”
- May: Nelson DeMille “The Lion’s Game”
- May: Paul Stanley “Face the Music”
- June: Nelson DeMille “Night Fall”
- July: Nelson DeMille “Wild Fire”
- Aug: Nelson DeMille “The Lion”
- Aug: Nelson DeMille “The Panther”
- Aug: Nelson DeMille “Radiant Angel”
- Aug: Michael Connelly “The Wrong Side of Goodbye”
- Aug: James Lee Burke “Lay Down My Sword and Shield”
- Aug: Lawrence Block “Sins of the Father”
- Sep: Lawrence Block “In the Midst of Death” (Matthew Scudder 2)
- Sep: Lawrence Block “Time to Murder and Create” (Matthew Scudder 3)
- Sep: Lawrence Block “A Stab in the Dark” (Matthew Scudder 4)
- Dec: Lawrence Block “Eight Million Ways to Die” (Matthew Scudder 5)
- Dec: Lawrence Block “When the Sacred Ginmill Closes” (Matthew Scudder 6)
- Dec: Michael Connelly “Two Kinds Of Truth”
- Dec: Leslie Charteris “Enter The Saint”
Holidays…
- Feb: Dunoon (50th long weekend)
- March: Crieff Hydro
- June: Craig Tara caravan weekend
- (June: Lewis went camping with Granny and Grandpa)
- July: Lake District
- July: Isle of Lewis
- Sept: Tayview Lodges with Reddicks
- Oct: Sa Coma, Mallorca (First foreign family holiday)
Other Highlights:
- Jan: started YouTube channel for Gaelic Nursery Books
- Feb: new bike – Specialised Diverge A1
- Turned 50!
- April: Lewis 4
- April: Resigned from Vestry and left St Silas after 25 years
- June: New Dishwasher
- Aug: New Washing Machine
- Oct: Sa Coma, Mallorca First foreign family holiday
- Nov: Rachel 1
- Nov: Rachel Dedicated (and we joined) APBC
- Dec: Joined Parent Council at SGG
Youtube uploads:
- April: Easter Egg Hunt
- Sept: Jurassic Kingdom
- Dec: Alice Cooper Hydro Nov 2017
- ..but also started a new channel for Gaelic Nursery Books
Running Totals:
- 2009 – 23 books – 6 Movies – 4 gigs/events
- 2010 – 33 books – 13 Movies – 10 gigs/events – 6 meals – 4 holidays
- 2011 – 18 books – 2 Movies – 3 gigs/events – 1 meals – 3 holidays
- 2012 – 16 books – 7 Movies – 3 gigs/events – 3 meals – 4 holidays
- 2013 – 8 books – 2 Movies – 0 gigs/events – 1 meals – 2 holidays – 1 Son
- 2014 – 1 books – 3 Movies – 2 gigs/events – 4 holidays
- 2015 – 18 books – 2 Movies – 2 gigs/events – 3 holidays – 6 videos
- 2016 – 34 books – 2 Movies – 1 events – 4 holidays – 4 videos – 1416 miles cycled – 1 daughter
- 2017 – 25 books – 2 Movies – 1 event – 7 holidays – 3 videos – 1749 miles cycled